Romania: Romanian ruling coalition's presidential candidate steps back

January 6, 2025

Romanian ruling coalition's presidential candidate steps back
Jan 6, 2025

Romanian ruling coalition's presidential candidate steps back.

Former Liberal (PNL) president Crin Antonescu declared his presidential candidacy "unilaterally suspended." Antonescu had accepted to run for president after the proposal of the ruling coalition formed by the Liberals (PNL), Social Democrats (PSD), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in (…)

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